Niki Waltl Thanks To An Oscar Nom for the Documentary Navalny, Cinematographer is in the Spotlight by Brad Balfour With Oscar night fast approaching – this Sunday, March 12th – it’s time to get inside some of the nominated films in various categories such as Best Documentary Feature. Among those nominees is Navalny – which … Continue reading
Tori Amos – The Met – Philadelphia, PA – May 9, 2022 Surprisingly, even though Tori Amos has hit the 30th anniversary of her breakthrough solo debut Little Earthquakes, she only pulled two songs from that classic album onto her recent show setlist at the Met in Philly – and neither of them would be … Continue reading
COMPARTMENT NO. 6 (2021) Starring Seidi Haarla, Yuri Borisov, Dinara Drukarova, Yuliya Aug , Valeriy Nikolaev, Polina Aug, Dinara Drukarova, Galina Petrova, Tomi Alatalo, Natalya Drozd, Konstantin Murzenko, Mikhail Brashinskiy, Sergey Agafonov, Lidia Kostina, Maria Kljukina, Igor Babanov, Denis Pyanov, Nadezhda Kulakova, Arina Mandrusova, Timofei Olkov and Maria Drukarova. Screenplay by Andris Feldmanis, Livia Ulman, … Continue reading
THE COURIER (2020) Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Merab Ninidze, Rachel Brosnahan, Jessie Buckley, Angus Wright, Kirill Pirogov, Keir Hills, Zeljko Ivanek, Jonathan Harden, Aleksandr Kotjakovs, Olga Koch, James Schofield, Fred Haig, Emma Penzina, Maria Mironova, Anton Lesser, Charles Walters, Petr Klimes, Benny Maslov, Marián Chalany and Vladimir Chuprikov. Screenplay by Tom O’Connor. Directed by Dominic Cooke. … Continue reading
Look out big government, Pussy Riot is coming to town. The famous Russian punk rock collective Pussy Riot will be playing the Black Cat in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, May 23. Led by Nadya Tolokonnikova, the band will be feature 12 other anonymous members of the political art community, with some appearing on stage and … Continue reading
THE FINAL JOURNEY (LEANDERS LETZTE REISE) (2017) Starring Jürgen Prochnow, Petra Schmidt-Schaller, Tambet Tuisk, Suzanne von Borsody, Artjom Gilz, Kathrin Angerer, Kai Ivo Baulitz, Andreas Patton, Jevgeni Sitochin, Natalia Bobileva, Jurij Rosstalnyi, Nina Antonova, Valentina Sova, Georgi Povolocki, Maria Kochur, Inna Miroschnichenko, Kirill Karpuk, Sofa Galabyrad, Alexander Dubovich and Björn von der Wellen. Screenplay by … Continue reading
THE DEATH OF STALIN (2017) Starring Steve Buscemi, Simon Russell Beale, Michael Palin, Paddy Considine, Rupert Friend, Jason Isaacs, Andrea Riseborough, Jeffrey Tambor, Olga Kurylenko, Adrian Mcloughlin, Paul Chahidi, Dermot Crowley, Adrian McLoughlin, Paul Whitehouse, Tom Brooke, Justin Edwards, Paul Ready, Yulya Muhrygina and Roger Ashton Griffiths. Screenplay by Armando Iannucci, David Schneider and Ian … Continue reading
NATASHA (2015) Starring Alex Ozerov, Sasha K. Gordon, Aya-tatyana Stolnits, Igor Ovadis, Deanna Dezmari, Genadijs Dolganovs, Aidan Shipley, Pavel Tsitrinel, Mila Kanev, Lola Tash, Alla Kadysh, Sergiy Kotelenets, John Mavro, Jonathan Purdon, Joshua Teixera, Grisha Pasternak and David Boyce. Screenplay by David Bezmozgis. Directed by David Bezmozgis. Distributed by Menemesha Films. 93 minutes. Not Rated. … Continue reading
HIPSTERS (2008) Starring Anton Shagin, Oksana Akinshina, Evgeniya Khirivskaya, Maksim Matveev, Igor Voynarovskiy, Ekaterina Vilkova, Konstantin Balakirev, Aleksandr Stefantsov, Georgiy Sivokhin and Olga Smirnova. Screenplay by Yuri Korotkov. Directed by Valeriy Todorovskiy. Distributed by Leisure Time Features. 127 minutes. Not Rated. If you think it was hard to be a jazz-obsessed beatnik in 1955 America, … Continue reading
THE DOUBLE (2011) Starring Richard Gere, Topher Grace, Martin Sheen, Stephen Moyer, Odette Yustman, Stana Katic, Chris Marquette, Tamer Hassan, Nicole Forester, Jeffrey Pierce and Yuriy Sardarov. Screenplay by Michael Brandt & Derek Haas. Directed by Michael Brandt. Distributed by Image Entertainment. 98 minutes. Rated PG-13. The Cold War has been over for decades, but … Continue reading
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